Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4 vs AMD A4-9120

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4 and AMD A4-9120 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4

AMD A4-9120

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 2
26 more threads: 28 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1349 vs 1053
9.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11839 vs 1218

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 2
Number of threads	28 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1349 vs 1053
PassMark - CPU mark	11839 vs 1218

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-9120

Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 87°C
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 87°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4
CPU 2: AMD A4-9120

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1349

1053

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11839

1218

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4	AMD A4-9120
PassMark - Single thread mark	1349	1053
PassMark - CPU mark	11839	1218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		627
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		627
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1391
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4131

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4	AMD A4-9120
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Stoney Ridge
Launch date	Q1'16	1 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1629	1604
Processor Number	E5-2648LV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD A4-Series APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM9120AYN23AC
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	87°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.50 GHz	2.5 GHz
Number of cores	14	2
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	28	2
VID voltage range	0
Compute Cores		4
Die size		124.5 mm
L1 cache		160 KB
L2 cache		1 MB
Number of GPU cores		2
Transistor count		1200 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	17.1 Gb/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	BGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		10-15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		655 MHz
iGPU core count		2
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI